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Obama Action Excludes Parents of Undocumented Children, Ends Secure Communities

HeadlineNov 21, 2014

The new plan will not provide relief to the parents of undocumented children, even those who qualified for deferred action in 2012. It also ends the controversial Secure Communities program, which swept up immigrants with minor offenses such as traffic tickets. The newly created Priority Enforcement Program will carry out a similar role.

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